ferramenta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferramenta (“ironmongery”).

Noun

ferramenta (uncountable)

1. The supporting ironwork associated with stained glass panels.

Catalan

Etymology

From the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.rəˈmen.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fe.raˈmen.ta]

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentes)

1. ironwork
2. (Valencia) tool

   Synonym: eina

Further reading

• “ferramenta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ferramenta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ferramenta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ferramenta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feraˈmenta/
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: fe‧rra‧men‧ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

1. tool

Related terms

• ferru (“iron”)
• ferrumbri (“rust”)

 

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Ferramentas ("tools")

Limpando a ferramenta (lit. "cleaning the hardware")

Alternative forms

• farramenta

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛraˈmɛntɐ]
• Hyphenation: fer‧ra‧men‧ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

1. tool

   Synonym: apeiro

Noun

ferramenta f (uncountable)

1. hardware; tools of the trade
   • 1320, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 452:

     de cada huna domãã pagaredes [huun] dia a seara con uosa ferramenta

     each week you'll pay with a day of hired work together with your hardware

2. (humorous, uncountable) dentition
3. (euphemistic, humorous) penis

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ferramenta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ferramenta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ferramenta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ferramenta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferramenta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fer.raˈmen.ta/
• Rhymes: -enta
• Hyphenation: fer‧ra‧mén‧ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramente)

1. hardware
2. ironmongery, ironmonger

Noun

ferramenta m (plural ferramenti)

1. ironmonger's (shop)

Synonyms

• magona

Latin

Noun

ferrāmenta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ferrāmentum

References

• “ferramenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• farramenta (misspelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁaˈmẽ.tɐ/ [fe.haˈmẽ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁaˈmẽ.tɐ/ [fe.haˈmẽ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁaˈmẽ.tɐ/ [fe.χaˈmẽ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁaˈmẽ.ta/ [fe.haˈmẽ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.ʁɐˈmẽ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: fer‧ra‧men‧ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

1. tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
2. (Brazil, euphemistic, colloquial) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis